Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Engliſh men are put to flight.The Engliſhmen halfe amazed at the hardie approch and onſet of the Pictes, were not long a|ble to ſuſteyne their ſore impreſſion: ſo that, be|ginning ſomewhat to ſway, at length they were forced to flie vnto the place, where ye heard howe they tooke the baggage and ſpoyle of the Pictiſhe campe: were they were beaten downe in greater numbers than before, inſomuch that ſuch priſo|ners as they had before taken of them that kept the ſayde ſpoyle, greatly now to aduance the vic|torie of their fellowes, ſhewing more crueltie to|wardes the Engliſhe men than any of the reſt, now that they ſawe once howe the victorie was inclined to the Pictiſh ſide.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In fine, ſuch ſlaughter was made, that of the whole Engliſhe hoſte whiche was there aſſem|bled, there vneth eſcaped fiue hundred. Athel|ſtane himſelfe at the firſt encounter was runne through the bodie with a Speare,Athelſtane is ſtaine. and ſo dyed, gyuing name to the place of the battaile, whiche continueth euen vnto this day,Aylſtone foord being called A|thelſtanes foorde,

Compare 1587 edition: 1 A dreame.This victorie fell to the Pictes by myracle, for in the night ſeaſon as Hungus was layde downe to ſleepe (after it was agreed that they ſhoulde giue battaile) there appeared vnto him the Apoſtle Saint Andrewe (as the tale goeth) promiſing him and his people victorie agaynſte theyr enimies on the day next following, and for an aſſured token thereof,The Croſſe of S. Andrew. he tolde him that there ſhoulde appeare ouer the Pictiſhe hoſte in the ele|ment ſuch a faſhioned Croſſe, as hee ſometyme [figure appears here on page 166] ſuffered vppon. Hungus awakened, and behol|ding the Skie, ſawe the Croſſe as the Apoſtle had tolde him: Wherevpon calling his people togyther, hee not onely ſhewed them the ſame ſight, but alſo declared vnto them what viſion had appeared vnto him in hys ſleepe, wyl|ling them therefore to bee of good comfort, ſithe there was cauſe of ſuch aſſured hope to haue aſſyſtaunce from aboue agaynſte theyr cruell enimies.